₦airaland Forum

foleskay:
Alafin no be who's mate??

muyico:
This Oyo 👑 king acting childish, they will soon dethrone him

ImoleNaija:
They never called the place a 'No man's land'. The community is still in existence because they respect their hosts.

Mathewrichard99:
You can never understand how wide the culture of the Yorubas is. Yorubas is a diverse ethnicity that transversed the continent of Africa. I guess you aren't Yoruba or even if you are, you aren't a depth knowledgeable Yoruba. Yorubas aren't just such people that Japa or those that migrated for economic reasons. Yorubas are indigenous of so many countries such as Americas consisting of USA, Dominican Republic, Cuban, Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, Etc......also in Africa, Yorubas are indigenous to countries such as Togo, Benin Republic, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Liberia, etc.....Yorubas aren't limited to Nigeria alone unlike other tribes in Nigeria. It's only Yoruba, Hausa and Fulani that have a global representation ethnically.

Now, let me explain briefly to you. All those Yorubas widely dispersed all over those countries I mentioned and more, their ancestors were carried away as slaves between 15 to 18th Century by the Europeans and were distributed to all those countries. Mind you, it wasn't only Yorubas that was carried away as slaves then but other tribes too but the Yorubas among them decided to retain their culture, their language and the manner of worshipping such as Ifa, Obantala, Iyemoja etc.... the Yorubas kept their culture intact and infact started practicing their cultures in those diverse areas and even blended it with the culture of those countries they were taken to. For example, in the US, the people that formed Oyotunji were descendants of Yoruba slaves that still remembered that they are Yorubas and still want to be known as Yorubas and also practice the culture. That's the reason they got some large hectares of land to create Oyotunji Kingdom in the fashion of the bigger Kingdom of Oyo Kingdom in Nigeria. They have always shared communication and guidance with the motherland/fatherland in Oyo, Nigeria. The same things is also applicable to other areas where they have Indigenous Yorubas as a tribe. Incase you need more understanding, please read the history of the Yorubas in America's and the world at large....

publicenemy:
The Ooni of ife's consistent manner of approaching people for handshake puts him in position to be disrespect. If you get to an event wall to your sit and sit down, you are supposed to be the king of the yoruba nation. Stop walking to up to people to stretch out your hands for handshakes.

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dawnomike:
Well, in my opinion... this supremacy issue is thrash and rubbish.
So, let me speak about courtesy... 'A fellow high ranking king walked over to greet you; courtesy demands you stand to greet him in return as a fellow high ranking King'

But, we are in Nigeria where we like proving supremacy either in a subtle way or otherwise.

This is not only peculiar to the Yoruba kings...

dlaw70:
The Ooni of ife is not a monarch .why is this dificult for non historians to understand .He is the chief priest of the yoruba people ,he is no monarch

Sheuns:


See them claiming ownership to a place in far away USA. If some other tribes lay claims to a land in southwest now, they’ll want to bring the entire country down.

I don’t know where in history was it written that either Oyo or Ife ever conquered a land in the USA for one monarch to lay claim to such.

datola:
Stop this iku baba yeye nonesense! ..as if he has any control over life and death.

dawnomike:
Well, in my opinion... this supremacy issue is thrash and rubbish.
So, let me speak about courtesy... 'A fellow high ranking king walked over to greet you; courtesy demands you stand to greet him in return as a fellow high ranking King'

But, we are in Nigeria where we like proving supremacy either in a subtle way or otherwise.

This is not only peculiar to the Yoruba kings...

Image123:
Heard it's a culture, not a refusal. i read that the tradition doesn't allow the Alaafin to stand up to greet anyone once he's seated. If he's not seated, he can greet anyone.

stevups:
You are one of the reasonable people here.

Tjra:
You ought to have outgrown this childish comments.

Tenisam:
That's what is called servant leadership style you mumu. The same leadership style the Late Pope executed. Stop spewing trash.

People like you will hold ordinary councilor and people won't be able to breath

kilimanjaro:
Ogeni shut up jor